Engineering Materials MCQs

72. In a hardening process, the hypo-eutectoid steel is

heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper critical temperature and then cooled in still air
heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper critical temperature and then cooled suddenly in a suitable cooling medium
heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper critical temperature and then cooled slowly in the furnace
heated below or close
✅ The correct answer is option B.

74. Pearlite consists of

13% carbon and 87% ferrite
13% cementite and 87% ferrite
13% ferrite and 87% cementite
6.67% carbon and 93.33
✅ The correct answer is option B.

78. Duralumin contains

3.5 to 4.5% copper, 0.4 to 0.7% magnesium, 0.4 to 0.7% manganese and rest aluminium
3.5 to 4.5% copper, 1.2 to 1.7% managanese, 1.8 to 2.3% nickel, 0.6% each of silicon, magnesium and iron, and rest aluminium
4 to 4.5% magnesium, 3 to 4% copper and rest aluminium
5 to 6% tin, 2 to 3% c
✅ The correct answer is option A.
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